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fuscous brown. Abdomen nearly naked, dark carmine; terminal seg- 

 ment somewhat fuscous. Ovipositor dark yellowish. Wings hyaline, 

 costa yellowish brown, the third vein just beyond the apex. Hal- 

 teres dull orange basally, yellowish carmine apically. Coxae fuscous 

 apically. Legs mostly light fuscous yellowish, the fifth tarsal seg- 

 ment and claws fuscous, the latter stout, evenly curved, the pul villi 

 as long as the claws. Ovipositor short, the terminal lobes stout and 

 tapering to a narrowly rounded apex. 



Male. Length 2 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely haired, 

 reddish brown, dark brown basally; fourteen segments, the fifth with 

 stems twice and one and one-half times their diameters; terminal 

 segment, distal enlargement reduced, broadly oval. Palpi; the first 

 segment subquadrate, the second twice the length of the first, stout, 

 narrowly rounded distally. Face dark brown. Mesonotum very 

 dark brown, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum dark 

 brown, postscutellimi reddish brown. Abdomen dark reddish 

 brown, the segments sparsely haired posteriorly. Pleurae and 

 genitalia dark brown. Wings hyaline, costa dark red, the third 

 vein at the apex. Halteres a variable reddish and reddish brown. 

 Coxae dark brown; femora and tibiae light reddish brown, tarsi 

 darker; claws long, slender, evenly curved, the pul villi three-fourths 

 the length of the claws. Genitalia; basal clasp segment long, stout; 

 terminal clasp segment stout, swollen near the distal fourth; dorsal 

 plate short, broad, broadly and triangularly emarginate; ventral 

 plate long, broad, roundly and slightly emarginate, the lobes short, 

 narrowly rounded. Type Cecid. aiysS. 



Trishonnomyia modesta Felt 



1913 Felt, E. P. Psyche, 20:145 (Hormomyia) 



This species was taken at Aubumdale, Mass., May 2 2d by Prof. 

 C. W. Johnson of Boston, and at New Haven, Conn., June 30, 1905 

 by B. H. Walden. 



Female. Length 4 mm. Antennae sparsely haired, fuscous yel- 

 lowish; fourteen segments, the fifth cylindric, with a length two and 

 one-half times its diameter; there are low circiimiila near the basal 

 third, the middle and apically; terminal segment slightly produced, 

 with a distinct knob. Palpi; first segment short, second with a 

 length three times its diameter, the third a little longer, tapering. 

 Mesonotum smooth, reddish brown, the yellowish, submedian lines 

 narrow. Scutellum pale yellowish, postscutellum yellowish, dark 

 brown basally. Abdomen a nearly uniform shining dark brown; 

 venter concolorous; ovipositor pale orange. Wings hyaline; halteres 

 yellowish basally, fuscous apically. Coxae, femora and tibiae mostly 

 a light fuscous yellowish, tarsi fuscous yellowish or dark brown; 

 claws stout, evenly curved, the pulvilli about one-third the length 

 of the claws. Ovipositor short, the lobes broad, tapering, broadly 

 rounded. Type Cecid. 1346. 



